St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City